7.5

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Date (function)

Returns the print date. Note that this function does not work in Printer-Centric mode, since it is impossible for the document to

get the current date from a printer. So if you send your document to a printer and then simply send data with the appropriate

trigger to that printer, the document will run on the printer and the function will return an empty string. Use the Run locally

option, available in the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools, to ensure that the document runs on a computer rather than on a

printer.

Syntax

date(longdate)

Argument

longdate

Boolean specifying whether to use short or long date. True returns the date in long format, False, in short format. The precise

format of the short and long date value strings are set in the Windows Regional options.

Code Sample Example

This example shows how to add the current date in long form on a document page.

Example

show(date(true))

Result

On a system set to French (Canada), returns .

Definemeta (function)

Defines a field when running a PlanetPress Design Document with metadata file creation. In every cases, the name of the field

is case-insensitive and must begin with a letter (A-Z, a-z), followed by any number of letters, numbers (0-9), underscore ('_')

or dash ('-') characters.

Syntax

definemeta(name: string, data: string, [flags: integer, path: string])

Argument

name

The name of the metadata field to define. Unless the path argument specifies otherwise, the new field is defined at page

level.

data

An initial string value of the defined metadata field. This value can also be a valid PlanetPress Talk expression.

flags

Optional integer value to define the behavior of the command when a field with the same name already exists in the current

level. The default behavior uses 0 and overwrites the old value with the new one.